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Heal Your Gut, Heal Your Mind

Depression can start with a leaky gut — here’s how to make it end there, by healing your microbiome

Maria Cross
Better Humans

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It would be foolish to believe that depression can be overcome with a single solution.

But for some people, the light at the end of the tunnel shines in a very surprising place.

It certainly did for me. Healing my depression came with healing my gastrointestinal tract—my gut.

When I became a nutrition student in 1992, I had a lot of healing to do. I had the irritable bowel from hell. No treatment had worked: not conventional medicine, nor the truly woo-woo stuff.

What I discovered, as a student, was that I had something called a “leaky gut”. Cue much hilarity at that.

The term leaky gut conjures up an image of cartoonish pseudoscience. But when given its scientific nomenclature — “intestinal permeability” — the idea immediately gains credibility.

Furthermore, the scientific evidence for the association between gut health and brain health is strong and gathering momentum.

What is a leaky gut? How can it lead to depression?

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